Netbooks, Pricing, and the Used Market

I’ve written about this in the past – the pricing of some netbooks / sub-notebooks and how some of them seemed a bit high. Now we are reaching a point where there is some real competition (from Acer and Lenovo). Last month, we saw a … Read more

First Impressions of Acer Aspire One (SL)

I mentioned yesterday that I had an Acer Aspire One arriving, specifically the hard drive version of the 8.9-inch netbook. Well it arrived yesterday afternoon, and I’ve had a chance to go through a few charge cycles and give it a good work out both … Read more

Asus Eee PC 1000 (Linux) Review – LAPTOP Magazine

LAPTOP Magazine has published their review of the 10.1-inch Asus Eee PC 1000. The 1000 is powered by an Intel Atom and this version comes loaded with Xandros Linux. LAPTOP Magazine lists it as one of their favorites (although as they point out, it’s the … Read more

Dual-Core Intel Atom in September?

If Fudzilla is right, a dual-core Intel Atom CPU could be introduced as soon as the end of September. An introduction date of September 21, 2008, is cited. The Atom is in quite a few popular netbooks / sub-notebooks, such as the Acer Aspire One, … Read more

LG X110 – LG’s Netbook?

Is LG on the verge of selling an LG-branded version of an MSI Wind U100, dubbed the LG X110 DigiTimes is reporting on information their sources passed along that LG Electronics maybe getting into the netbook game, with target markets that include both Europe and … Read more